Grips its prey in its pincers and squeezes hard! It can't move if it's cold, so it lives in warm places.

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Locations: Like Magmar, Pinsir does not appear in Pokemon Red -- but both Yellow and Blue owners can find this rare Bug in the Celadon City Casino Exchange Corner and the Safari Zone. Blue players get a much better deal on Pinsir in the Casino, though. The cost in the Blue Casino is only 2,500, wheras Yellow players have to shell out a whopping 6,500.

This Pokémon naturally learns the following techniques:

LV 01 - Vice GripLV 21 - Bind (Yellow Only)LV 25 - Seismic Toss

LV 30 - GuillotineLV 36 - Focus EnergyLV 43 - Harden

LV 49 - SlashLV 54 - Swords Dance

Tips: Bug Pokemon are definitely less gifted than many other types, but they can be very effective when battling a lot of Psychic types. Among its fellow bugs, Pinsir has the distinction of being the only single-type Bug Pokemon in the game that's actually worth something. Pinsir's got high HP, Attack and Defense skills, as well as enough Speed to beat many opponents to the first punch. However, like all Bug Pokemon Pinsir is limited by the lack of good Bug techniques. Pinsir learns the deadly Guillotine and Seismic Toss attacks on its own, but it doesn't actually learn any Bug techniques -- nor is it able to learn any valuable moves HMs/TMs, except for Strength. So what you're left with is a well-equipped fighter with high resilience to Grass, Fighting and Ground attacks, but very little in the way of attacks. Pokemon Yellow players get a slightly better Pinsir than Blue owners: Yellow Pinsir learns the helpful Bind technique at level 21. This is helpful for immobilizing high-powered attackers.

You can safely use Pinsir in battle against Grass, Fighting, Psychic or Ground types, but watch out for Fire, Poison, Flying or Rock attacks. Because of its ferocious outer appearance, Pinsir is a cool Pokemon to own, but it's definitely not one of the top combatants in Pokeland.